Aleah Wallace.
Posted on 12/23/2023 7:51:25 PM PST by Morgana
A woman in Texas who shot dead a 14-year-old boy that tried to break into the home she shares with her four daughters has said the incident left her 'devastated'.
Aleah Wallace saw Devin Baker attempting to open her eight-year-old girl's bedroom window in Fort Worth on December 14 and fatally shot him.
'I'm devastated that he was 14. I hate that. I literally do. And I'm so sorry. But at that point, I had to think about my babies,' she told Fox 4.
Police have not filed any charges against her over the shooting but the case has been sent to a grand jury.
Wallace said she got the gun to protect her family after suffering multiple break-ins which began just a few weeks ago.
'I was cleaning my living room sweeping my floor, and I heard my window start going back up,' the mother said.
'So I went, and I stood in the hallway. And I could see him standing at the window, lifting it up. I just shot.'
Baker died at the scene of multiple gunshot wounds and Wallace added: 'It's bothering me that he was a kid.'
The case is going to a grand jury and she wants people to understand that she was just protecting her family.
'I have four daughters. It’s just me and my four daughters that stay there. I just was protecting my daughters,' she said.
'I'm devastated that he was 14. I hate that. I literally do. And I'm so sorry. But at that point, I had to think about my babies.
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I wonder what that 14 year old was going to do that 8 year old girl?
Yes Boo Boo it's them AGAIN
Good aim - or with a shotgun, good enough.
Aleah Wallace.
why would she shoot a dead boy?
It seems pretty open and shut to me.
She is innocent.
BooBoo heard BoomBoom. But seriously, what would an unwed woman of four girls have of any value? Except for one thing.
this has been posted about 10+ times already.
the crime here is that she has been served with a notice of eviction for legally having a gun.
He was the son Obama always wanted..........
That is sad, but 30k? Do you really need 30k to get into a new apartment?
This was not the first time someone had broken into her place, apparently just the first time they were home.
“He was the son Obama always wanted..........”
Before or after the bullet?
An interesting detail missed by most stories. That the earlier 911 call reported that there were *several* trying to burglarize, not just one. They then left, but then at least one, the decedent, returned.
Good detective work might discover who the other burglars were.
If a person needs to pay for a year $30,000 might be needed. Rent runs about $1,200 a month. Add in utilities and there it is.
The authorities generally frown on "self-defense" regardless of the circumstances or the laws.
The apartment was subsidized per the article. .
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“why would she shoot a dead boy?”
LOL...beat me to it. Ya gotta love that Britishism.
At first I thought the lady might be a white hispanic too. 😆
Aleah Wallace: He was not basically a good boy and he sure wasn’t trying to turn his life around.
Not very well written, is it? 🤔
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